Dominate South Asia

A Pakistani special plane was flying over the sea, and their destination was the United States.

On the plane, the most excited person was none other than Lilith. Now that she has become the wife of the president, she also has to share the worries of her husband. When going abroad, Lilith needs to maintain the image of the country even more.

And this time, I am going to the United States, the country where I grew up!

The plane landed in Washington, the capital of the United States. Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz went directly to the airport to greet him.

Amid the solemn national anthem, Hamad inspected the American tri-service honor guard. After the ceremony at the airport was completed, the group came to the White House.

The White House, this building that does not look very brilliant on the outside, is the core of the American people. When Hamad walks here, he always thinks about the scene when the bearded man carried out a terrorist attack in later generations.

US President Ronald Wilson Reagan cordially received the Pakistani delegation in the lobby of the White House.

"The West is our loyal ally. In our war against the Soviet Union and on the front line in Afghanistan, the West was our stable support. This time, I feel very honored to be able to come to the United States and communicate with the president of your country." Mhammad said.

"Pakistan is on the front line against the Soviet Union. It shed blood and sacrificed its life in order to drive away the Soviets. All our support is deserved," President Reagan said with a smile.

"However, we are now tightly controlled by the damn Indians." Mhammad said: "We want to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the battle on the Western Front. We want to support the Afghan Liberal Party government and continue to move south. The advance, however, was constantly hindered by the Indians.”

There are many conflicts between India and Pakistan, although Mhamad is already the actual ruler of Pakistan. However, Hamad still could not suppress his inner anger in his words.

"Not long ago, the Indians, relying on their naval superiority, actually dispatched a large number of warships to conduct a military exercise off our coast of Karachi. This is a naked show off!"

Show off, indeed, the Indians want to show off their military power. To cultivate their self-confidence, however, the results came out and they were slapped hard by the Pakistan Air Force, and then they went back.

In the end, it was India that was not interesting in this matter, and why did President Hamad in front of him bring this up again?

"Your country's air force is already very powerful." U.S. Secretary of Defense Weinberg said: "Using the powerful air force, you successfully drove away the Indians. I heard that you also broke their windows?"

Flying at supersonic speeds over the sea, shattering other people's windows with sonic booms. Only the Pakistan Air Force can do this, and the Indian aircraft carrier is also so rough. How come even the tempered glass is so fragile?

"However, they were driven away by us only when they reached our coastline. We do not have sea-based aviation, so the combat radius is very short." Mhammad said: "We are very worried that there will be another outbreak with the Soviets next time. In the event of a large-scale conflict, the Indians will not only contain us on land, but also threaten us at sea."

Mhammad said very solemnly: "Now, General Secretary Andropov of the Soviet Union has died, and his successor Chernenko is only short-lived. He is too old. He does not have much energy. The Soviet Union The top leaders are preparing for the next candidate, and once the next general secretary comes to power, he will definitely be a fanatic like Brezhnev, and the war in Afghanistan may worsen again."

What Mhamad said is all in the analysis of the American think tank, and Mhamad’s analysis is completely correct. Chernenko is just an excessive figure, and the next General Secretary of the Soviet Union will be a A ruthless character.

The current calm on the Afghan battlefield is only temporary. When the new Soviet leader comes to power, war will break out again.

Hamad was deliberately exaggerating the threat. In fact, when the next Gorbachev came to power, what this guy did was as if he was sent by the CIA and successfully destroyed the Soviet Union. Moreover, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, this guy won the Nobel Peace Prize, and he was still very proud of himself. He went out to give a speech and so on, and lived a leisurely life.

Now, of course, Mhamad is exaggerating the threat.

"So our Pakistani brothers, what do you need from us? How about we send an aircraft carrier there?" President Reagan said.

"That's not necessary." Mhamad said: "You have no military base in South Asia. If you deploy at sea all year round, it will be too expensive. We just want to lease or buy a few warships from you."

Pakistan's military strength is limited, so it prefers to lease from the United States. Pakistan cannot afford to buy retired and unwanted warships from the United States. It can only lease them and serve in the Pakistan Navy for several decades before returning them to the United States.

"Then what kind of warship do you want?" Weinberg said. Everyone here knows the character of Mhamad. He never stops talking, and as soon as he speaks, he wants the most precious things.

Isn't it going to be an aircraft carrier? National Security Assistant Poindexter also thought in his mind that the USS Roosevelt that was recently retired by the US Navy was the 1977 Roosevelt. This warship was dismantled in 1978, but the USS Roosevelt was decommissioned in 1976. The USS Oriskany aircraft carrier has been in a state of mothballing. Two years ago, the U.S. Navy planned to reopen it, but it gave up after discovering that the renovation would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Even if the cost of renovating this warship is high and it can make a lot of money if leased to Pakistan, the United States will not sell or lease the aircraft carrier to Pakistan. The aircraft carrier is a powerful attack weapon and is in the US strategy. , Pakistan cannot possess such weapons.

"We want to lease the Oriskany aircraft carrier." Mhammad said: "If we have an aircraft carrier, we can patrol the entire Arabian Sea. The Indian Navy's aircraft carrier is definitely not our opponent."

Sure enough, we want an aircraft carrier! And he also fell in love with the sealed Oriskany! All Americans were shocked.

The USS Oriskany is the No. 17 Essex-class aircraft carrier. It was a large-scale aircraft carrier built by the United States during World War II. However, it did not catch up with World War II. It was only two months after the end of World War II that this warship Get into the water.

With a full load displacement of 36,000 tons, a maximum speed of 33 knots, and two steam catapults, it can take off A-7 aircraft, but the heavy F-14 will definitely not be able to take off.

Although Hamad wanted the Roosevelt more, the aircraft carrier was dismantled after it was decommissioned, which did not give Hamad a chance at all. Moreover, even if it is this aircraft carrier, it is still unclear whether he can get it. Hamad is just a negotiation technique.

Mhammad said very sincerely: "Only by preventing the Indian navy from entering the Arabian Sea, can our air force be able to deal with the Soviet threat with all its strength."

"No, the state of storage of this aircraft carrier is too poor." Weinberg said: "The hull has begun to corrode. If you want to repair it, it will cost more than 500 million U.S. dollars."

"In order to kill the Indians at sea, we in Pakistan have to raise the money for maintenance even if we tighten our belts," said Mhammad.

Five hundred million US dollars might have become a burden to Pakistan in the past, but now, it is enough to get some diamonds back from the battlefield in Angola.

"This warship has a small displacement and limited steam catapult power, so it cannot eject Tomcat fighters," Poindexter said.

"To deal with the Indian navy and those backward Seahawks, there is no need for Tomcat fighters. The A-7 attack aircraft is enough." Mhamad continued: "Our Tomcats are mainly used to deal with the Soviets. of the Air Force.”

Seeing that Mhamad insisted on renting it and was determined to spend a lot of money to buy it. Several excuses from the United States were rejected by Mhamad one by one. Therefore, U.S. President Reagan finally spoke: "I'm sorry, we My most sincere friend, we understand your country’s eagerness to teach the Indians a lesson at sea. However, the aircraft carrier fleet is not so easy to control. That old aircraft carrier has had many failures and cannot be exported to you. , we in the United States cannot agree to this plan.”

President Reagan directly rejected the other party's request. Various reasons were not excuses. In short, the United States simply could not export aircraft carriers to Pakistan, even if it was a backward aircraft carrier.

Hamad looked at Reagan steadily, his eyes full of disappointment: "Then how can we fight against the Indian aircraft carrier formation?"

"To fight against an aircraft carrier formation, you don't necessarily need an aircraft carrier." Weinberg said: "For your navy, destroyers are enough."

"Then can you support a few destroyers of our navy?" Mhammad asked.

"Of course." Weinberg said, as long as we don't want an aircraft carrier, everything else is easy to do. Even though the aircraft carrier has been rejected, asking for a guided missile destroyer is not too much.

"Then we request to lease to us the Kidd-class destroyers, which are the ones that the Iranians have paid deposits for but have not left," Mhammad said.

Kidd-class destroyer! In fact, this is Mhamad’s real goal! Asking for an aircraft carrier is just a pretense. If it arrives, that's the best. If it doesn't, that's normal.

Americans have already rejected themselves once, can they reject them again?

The Kidd-class destroyer, with a full load displacement of 9,000 tons, is almost half a cruiser. It is a series evolved from the hull of the Spruance-class destroyer. Equipped with a standard air defense missile system to replace the Spruance-class short-range air defense missiles, this warship gained valuable mid-range air defense capabilities. Moreover, after the revolution in Iran, the U.S. Navy itself received it and installed it. The Harpoon anti-ship missile also has sea attack capabilities, and it itself has strong anti-submarine capabilities. In this way, this warship has balanced air defense, anti-ship and anti-submarine capabilities, and is second only to the Aegis warship. A warship! (To be continued ~^~)